Wild

Solveig Bøe is Professor of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. Together with Hege Charlotte Faber, she was one of the editors for Raw: Architectural Engagements with Nature (2014).Hege Charlotte Faber is Senior Research Librarian at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. Eivind Kasa is an architect and Associate Professor of the Faculty of Architecture and Design at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.

• Introduction, Solveig Bøe, Hege Charlotte Faber and Eivind Kasa (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)1. Environmental Aesthetics and Rewilding, Jonathan Prior (Cardiff University, UK) and Emily Brady (University of Edinburgh, UK)2. “Wild Thing” – The Aesthetic Prospects of Wildness, Arto Haapala (University of Helsinki, Finland) 3. A Shelter in the Wilderness, Eivind Kasa (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)4. Of Wolves and Walls: Architecture and the Wild, Andrew Ballantyne (Newcastle University, UK) 5. Wild Being. On Human Animality, Solveig Bøe (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)6. Into the Wild: Aesthetics of the Monstrous, Brit Strandhagen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)7. Compulsions of Wildness: On Grieg's Trolls in Lang's M, Magnar Breivik (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)8. The Kalevala and Finnish Rune Songs – Wild Impressions in the Music of Sibelius, Reidar Bakke (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)9. Dangerous and Endangered Nature. Art as a Way of Seeing, Hege Charlotte Faber (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)10. Wild Weather – Modes of Being at the Mercy, Sigurd Bergmann (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)11. Watery Wilds: Pond Swimming and Protest on Hampstead Heath, Jessica J. Lee (Independent Scholar, Germany)12. The Fallow Land. A Farewell, Jan Brockmann (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)Index

This engaging collection is an indispensable and delightful introduction to a topic as relevant as ever. Understanding how “wild" has been conceptualized will help us understand the contemporary human condition better, especially its deep entanglements with the more-than-human world.